Fertilizer-distributer.



G. H. PELTON.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTEE.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.27, 1910. 1,0 1,400, Patented May 13, 1913.

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G. H. PELTON. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTE-B. APPLICATION rum) 111:0. 21, 1910.

1,061,400. Patented May 13, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' CHARLES H. PELTON, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE THOMAS MANU- FACTURING-OOMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION. OF OHIO.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Patented May 13, 1913.

Application filed December 27, 1910. Serial No. 599,312.

To all whom; it m ay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PELTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein .to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fertilizer distributers.

The fertilizer distributers now in" general use have two defects. In the normal operation .of the distributor the fertilizer will accumulate in the hopper in the rear of the discharge opening, and, when the machine comes to a stopthis fertilizer will gravitate through the discharge opening and to the ground, thus causin a waste of a very considerable quantity 0 fertilizer each time the machine stops and also causing considerable quantities of fertilizer to be discharged in one place which is undesirable. Again, the

' feeding devices of the fertilizer distributers 'tive view of the the hopper of a fertilizer distributor; Fig. 2'

is a horlzontal, sectional view, taken on the l1 ne a: a: of Fig. I and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 3 is a perspecguard and its supporting plate. r

In these drawings I have illustrated one embodiment. of my invention and have shown the same a plied. to a fertilizer d stributor of a well own type and comprising a hopper I mounted upon a frame 2,

which, in turn, is mounted on ground wheels 3. The hopper 1' has a substantially flat bottom near the center of which are arranged the feeding devices and having formed therein between the feedin devices and the rear wall of the hopper discharge openings for the fertilizer. In the present instance the bottom of the hopper is formed of a series of plates 4 each havingits rear edge mounted m. a recess 6 in the rear wall of the hopper and provided near its forward edge with depending Iu s 7 adapted to extendon opposite sides 0% a bar 8 supported lengthwise of the hopper beneath the bottom thereof. This construction permits the plates to be removed without the use of tools. A' series of feeding devices arearranged longitudinally to the hopper and each of these feeding devices comprises a disk-like member 9 mounted 'upon a shaft 10 rotatably mounted near the center of one of the plates 4 and provided at its lower end with a bevel gear 11 which meshes wit-h a bevel gear 12 mounted on a shaft 13 which is positively driven from the ground wheels,

This driving means preferably comprises a bevel gear 14 rigidly secured to the shaft 13 and meshing with a bevel pinion 15 carried by a'shaft 16 extending rearwardly therefrom and having a pinion 17 which meshes with a gear 18 on the axle of the ound wheel 3. As stated, each of the feeding devices comprises a disk-like rotary member and each member is provided with aserles of'feeding teeth 19 which engage the fertilizer contained within the hopper and carry the same rearward to a suitable discharge opening. .In the present nstance each plate 4 is provided with a discharge opening 20 arranged between the axis of the feedin device and the rear wall of the hopper. his dischar e opening communicates with a tube 21 lea ing downward through a boot 22 and adapted to deliver the fertilizer into the furrow opened by the boot. In order to properly feed. the material it is desirable that the teeth 19 should be of considerable length and should be placed some distance apart, but, when so arranged. these teeth permit lumps of fertilizer of considerable size to pass between them and these lumps not infrequently become lodged in the discharge opening or the tube leading there-. from and interrupt the flow of fertilizer series of teeth of less length than the teeth In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature of the filrst-mentioned seriei and arranged in presence of two witnesses.

a ternate y With the teeth 0 the first-men- V tioned series, and a device supported adja- CHARLES PELTON' 5 cent to and coiiperating with the teeth of Witnesses:

said disk-like member to crush the lumps of E. O. IIAGAN,

fertilizer. IIARRIET L. HAMMAKER. 

